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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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