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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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