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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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