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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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