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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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