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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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