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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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