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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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