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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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