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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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