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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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