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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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