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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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