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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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