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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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