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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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