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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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