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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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