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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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