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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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