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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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