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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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