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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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