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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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