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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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