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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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