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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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