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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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