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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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