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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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