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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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