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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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