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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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