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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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