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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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