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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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