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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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