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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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