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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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