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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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