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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly 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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