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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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