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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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