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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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