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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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