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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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