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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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