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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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