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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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