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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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