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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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