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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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