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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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