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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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