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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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