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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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