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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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