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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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