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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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