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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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