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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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