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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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