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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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