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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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