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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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