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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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