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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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