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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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