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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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