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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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