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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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