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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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