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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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