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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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