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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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