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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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