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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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