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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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