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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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