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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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