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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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