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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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