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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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