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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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