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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth 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 online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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