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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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