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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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