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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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