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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes 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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