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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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