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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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