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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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