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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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