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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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