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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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