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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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