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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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