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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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