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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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