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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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