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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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