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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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