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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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