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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key 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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