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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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