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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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