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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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