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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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