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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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