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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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