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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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