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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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