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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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