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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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