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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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