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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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