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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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