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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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