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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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