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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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