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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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