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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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