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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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