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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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