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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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