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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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