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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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