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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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