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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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