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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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