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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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