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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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