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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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