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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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