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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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