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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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