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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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