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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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