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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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