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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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