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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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