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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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