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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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