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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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