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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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