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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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