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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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