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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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