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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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