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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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