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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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