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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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