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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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