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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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