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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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