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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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