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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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