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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information 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 topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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