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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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