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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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