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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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