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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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