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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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