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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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