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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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