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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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