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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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