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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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