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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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