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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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