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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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