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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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