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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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