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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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