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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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