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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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