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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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