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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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