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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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