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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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