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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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