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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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