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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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