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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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