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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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