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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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