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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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