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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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