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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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