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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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