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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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