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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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