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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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