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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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