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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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