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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources