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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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