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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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