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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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