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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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