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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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