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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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