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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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