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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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