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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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