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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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