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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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