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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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