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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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