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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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