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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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