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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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