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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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