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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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