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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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