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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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