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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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