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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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