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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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