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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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