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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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