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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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