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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new 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 articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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