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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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