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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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