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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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