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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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