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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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