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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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