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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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