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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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