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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major 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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