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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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