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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 (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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