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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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