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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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