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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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