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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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