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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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