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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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