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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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