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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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