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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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