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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida 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 inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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