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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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