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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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