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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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