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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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