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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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