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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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