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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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