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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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