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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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