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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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