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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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