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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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