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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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