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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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