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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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