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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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