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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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