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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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