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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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