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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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