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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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