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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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