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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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