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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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