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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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