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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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