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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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