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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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