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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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