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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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