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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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