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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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