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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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