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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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