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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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