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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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