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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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