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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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