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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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