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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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