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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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