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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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