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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand 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 understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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