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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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