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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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