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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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