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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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