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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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