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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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