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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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