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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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