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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. 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 MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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