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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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