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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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