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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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