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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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