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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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