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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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