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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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