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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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