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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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