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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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