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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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