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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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