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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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