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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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