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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)