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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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