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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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