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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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