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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers 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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