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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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