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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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