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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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