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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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