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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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