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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers 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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