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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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