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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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