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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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