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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources