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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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