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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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