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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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