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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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