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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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