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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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