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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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