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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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