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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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