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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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