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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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