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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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