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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing 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 resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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