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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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