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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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