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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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