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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers 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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