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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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