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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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