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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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