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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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