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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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