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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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