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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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