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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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