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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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