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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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