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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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