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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key 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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