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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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