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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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