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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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