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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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