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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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