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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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