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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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