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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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