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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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