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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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