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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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