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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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