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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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