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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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