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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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