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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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