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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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