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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important 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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