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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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