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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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