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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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