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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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