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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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