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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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