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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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