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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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