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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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