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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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