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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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