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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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