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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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