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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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