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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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