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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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