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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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