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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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