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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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