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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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