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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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