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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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