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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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