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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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