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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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