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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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