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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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