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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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