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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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