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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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