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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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