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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people 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. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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