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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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