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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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