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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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