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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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