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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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