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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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