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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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