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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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