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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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