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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes 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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