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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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