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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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