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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data 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 book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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