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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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