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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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