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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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