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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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