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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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