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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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