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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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