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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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