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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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