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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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