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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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