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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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