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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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