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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important 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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