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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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