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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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