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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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