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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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