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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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