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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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