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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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