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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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