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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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