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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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