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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about 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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