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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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