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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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