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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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