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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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