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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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