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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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