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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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