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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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