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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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