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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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