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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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