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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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