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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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