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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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