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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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