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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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