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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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