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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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