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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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