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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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