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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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