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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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