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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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