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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the major 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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