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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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