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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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