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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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