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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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