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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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