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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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