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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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