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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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