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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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