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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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