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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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