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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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