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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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