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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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