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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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