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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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