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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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