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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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