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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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