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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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