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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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