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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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