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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the 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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