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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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