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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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