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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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