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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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