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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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