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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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