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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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