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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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