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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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