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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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