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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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