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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major 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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