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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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