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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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