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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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