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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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