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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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