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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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