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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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