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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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