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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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