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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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