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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always 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 online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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